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[2] Preliminary designs for a cottage, c.1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/172
Purpose
[2] Preliminary designs for a cottage, c.1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Upper: Variant of SM Adam volume 10/95 with the addition of a gated screen with piers and arched openings. There is a pencil detail of the opening and plan below
Lower: Variant of SM Adam volume 10/95 comprising three rooms arranged around a central staircase and loggia entrance. The rear room contains bay windows. There are piers to the left of the house. Rooms include a sitting room and bed room
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(In pencil) [_] Wemyss / Sitting room / Bed / [_ _ _ _] room
Signed and dated
- c.1791
datable to c.1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (325x287)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 15
King, 2001, pp. 253-255, 258
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, 2001, pp. 253-255, 258
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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